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Fairview Mauseleum is no longer in existence.
In 1995 all the dead from Fairview Mausoleum were disinterred because the building was abandoned and collapsing. Nearly 1000 human remains were removed. Cemeteries bid on the bodies and Graceland won the bid. The disinterred remains from Fairview Mausoleum were re-interred at Graceland in 1997.
There are no known records.
The Funeral Director that started Fairview is deceased.
The following is from the Fall 2010 issue of the Wisconsin Cemetery and Cremation Association Reporter (WCCA
Fairview Mausoleum
If you visit Graceland Cemetery, you may notice a couple of large monuments in section 11 with the name Fairview Mausoleum" on them. Fairview was a community Mausoleum" that existed 1912 to 1996. The picture above was taken shortly before it was torn down. It was located at 6316 Fairview Ave. In 1952 the ownership filed for bankruptcy. From that time forward, the mausoleum died a slow death of neglect, until it finally was condemned in 1996.
In demolishing the old building, the 999 bodies that were entombed there would need to be relocated. In stepped Graceland Cemetery. By this time the Fairview Mausoleum was being operated by the City of Milwaukee. The city contracted with Graceland Cemetery and Brett Funeral home. After several months all of the 999 were relocated to Graceland.
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CROSBY: Capt. Edward Gifford/b. 26 October 1847/d. Apr. 14, 1912 on the Titanic Catherine Elizabeth (Halstead)/b. 26 October 1847 in Waterloo, NY/ died on 29 July 1920 in Milw./daughter of J. Y. Halstead and his wife (née Cook)/wife of Capt. Edward Harriette/b. 8 October 1872 in New York/d. 11 February 1941/daughter of Capt. Edward & Catherine From Encyclopedia Titanica: First Class Passenger: Captain Edward Gifford Crosby [www.encyclopedia-titanica.org] Accessed Sun, 04 May 2003 18:01:46 GMT-0500.
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